# WTO Tables A22 and A23, 1998 edition (trade data for 1997) **Edition:** 1998 **Data year:** 1997 Source: WTO Timeseries (ITS_MTV_AX, ITS_MTV_AM) via WTO Timeseries API v1 (api.wto.org). Values in US$ billion; shares of world exports/imports in per cent; changes in per cent. ## Table A22: Top 10 exporters and importers of textiles, 1997 | Economy | Value 1997 (US$ bn) | Share 1980 (%) | Share 1985 (%) | Share 1990 (%) | Share 1997 (%) | Change 1990-97 (% p.a.) | Change 1995 (%) | Change 1996 (%) | Change 1997 (%) | |:---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | **Exporters** | | | | | | | | | | | European Union (EU-15, added up) | 59 | 43.4 | ... | 45.2 | 38.0 | 2 | 22 | -1 | -4 | |     Extra-EU | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | Hong Kong, China | 15 | 3.2 | ... | 7.9 | 9.4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | | China | 14 | 4.6 | ... | 6.9 | 8.9 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 14 | | Korea, Republic of | 13 | 4.0 | ... | 5.8 | 8.6 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | | Chinese Taipei | 13 | 3.2 | ... | 5.9 | 8.2 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 6 | | United States of America | 9 | 6.8 | ... | 4.8 | 5.9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 15 | | Japan | 7 | 9.3 | ... | 5.6 | 4.3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | -3 | | India | 5 | 2.4 | ... | 2.1 | 3.4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 6 | | Pakistan | 5 | 1.6 | ... | 2.6 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -6 | | Türkiye | 3 | 0.6 | ... | 1.4 | 2.2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 23 | | **Above 10** | 143 | 79.2 | ... | 88.1 | 91.7 | - | - | - | - | | **Importers** | | | | | | | | | | | European Union (EU-15, added up) | 51 | 40.2 | 35.5 | 42.7 | 32.0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | -2 | |     Extra-EU | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | Hong Kong, China | 16 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 7 | 10 | -2 | -2 | | United States of America | 12 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 16 | | China | 12 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | | Japan | 6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5 | 16 | 2 | -5 | | Canada | 4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 17 | | Korea, Republic of | 4 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 9 | 19 | -3 | -7 | | Mexico | 3 | 0.2 | ... | 0.9 | 1.8 | 16 | -18 | 26 | 29 | | Poland | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 3 | | Türkiye | 2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 22 | 63 | 7 | 20 | | **Above 10** | 113 | 58.7 | ... | 72.7 | 70.4 | - | - | - | - | **Notes:** * The EU is ranked as one economy; its member states are not ranked. Extra-EU (the EU's trade with non-members) is shown beneath it and is not ranked. * Before 2000 the EU figure is added up from the member states of each year (EC-9 in 1980, EC-10 in 1981-1985, EC-12 in 1986-1994, EU-15 in 1995-1999), the United Kingdom included; economies that joined later are ranked on their own. Extra-EU cannot be added up and shows "...". If a member state has no data for a year, the EU shows "...". * EU changes and growth rates before 2000 compare the same member states in both years: those of the later year, added up for the earlier year too (for example, the change for 1995 is the EU-15 in 1995 against the same 15 in 1994), so they do not count an enlargement as growth. EU values and shares are for the members of each year. * Economies ranked in 1997: 116 exporters, 123 importers. * "Above 10" is the sum of the ten ranked economies. "..." means not available. * WTO publishes no world total for textiles exports in 1985, so the shares for that year show "...". * Shares are of world textiles exports or imports. 1990-97 is the compound annual rate of change. * Figures for every year are as WTO published them on 2026-09-29; WTO revises past figures, so they can differ from the printed review. * Source: WTO Timeseries, indicators ITS_MTV_AX and ITS_MTV_AM, product MATE (SITC 65), via WTO Timeseries API v1 (api.wto.org). ## Table A23: Top 10 exporters and importers of clothing, 1997 | Economy | Value 1997 (US$ bn) | Share 1980 (%) | Share 1985 (%) | Share 1990 (%) | Share 1997 (%) | Change 1990-97 (% p.a.) | Change 1995 (%) | Change 1996 (%) | Change 1997 (%) | |:---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | **Exporters** | | | | | | | | | | | European Union (EU-15, added up) | 51 | 34.6 | ... | 35.1 | 28.5 | 3 | 21 | 9 | -4 | |     Extra-EU | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | China | 32 | 4.0 | ... | 8.9 | 17.9 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 27 | | Hong Kong, China | 23 | 12.3 | ... | 14.2 | 13.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | | United States of America | 9 | 3.1 | ... | 2.4 | 4.9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 15 | | Türkiye | 7 | 0.3 | ... | 3.1 | 3.8 | 10 | 34 | -1 | 10 | | Mexico | 6 | 0.0 | ... | 0.5 | 3.2 | 38 | 61 | 37 | 50 | | India | 4 | 1.7 | ... | 2.3 | 2.4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | | Korea, Republic of | 4 | 7.3 | ... | 7.3 | 2.4 | -9 | -12 | -15 | -1 | | Thailand | 4 | 0.7 | ... | 2.6 | 2.1 | 4 | 11 | -26 | -1 | | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 6.0 | ... | 3.7 | 1.9 | -2 | -6 | -1 | 6 | | **Above 10** | 142 | 69.8 | ... | 80.2 | 80.1 | - | - | - | - | | **Importers** | | | | | | | | | | | European Union (EU-15, added up) | 74 | 47.9 | 34.5 | 45.2 | 40.4 | 4 | 12 | 6 | -1 | |     Extra-EU | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | | United States of America | 50 | 16.4 | 31.9 | 24.0 | 27.5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 16 | | Japan | 17 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 10 | 23 | 5 | -15 | | Hong Kong, China | 15 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | Switzerland | 3 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0 | 10 | -4 | -8 | | Mexico | 3 | 0.3 | ... | 0.5 | 1.8 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 40 | | Canada | 3 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 18 | | Singapore | 2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | | Australia | 2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | | Korea, Republic of | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 37 | 55 | 40 | -7 | | **Above 10** | 170 | 76.1 | ... | 90.4 | 93.1 | - | - | - | - | **Notes:** * The EU is ranked as one economy; its member states are not ranked. Extra-EU (the EU's trade with non-members) is shown beneath it and is not ranked. * Before 2000 the EU figure is added up from the member states of each year (EC-9 in 1980, EC-10 in 1981-1985, EC-12 in 1986-1994, EU-15 in 1995-1999), the United Kingdom included; economies that joined later are ranked on their own. Extra-EU cannot be added up and shows "...". If a member state has no data for a year, the EU shows "...". * EU changes and growth rates before 2000 compare the same member states in both years: those of the later year, added up for the earlier year too (for example, the change for 1995 is the EU-15 in 1995 against the same 15 in 1994), so they do not count an enlargement as growth. EU values and shares are for the members of each year. * Economies ranked in 1997: 116 exporters, 122 importers. * "Above 10" is the sum of the ten ranked economies. "..." means not available. * WTO publishes no world total for clothing exports in 1985, so the shares for that year show "...". * Shares are of world clothing exports or imports. 1990-97 is the compound annual rate of change. * Figures for every year are as WTO published them on 2026-09-29; WTO revises past figures, so they can differ from the printed review. * Source: WTO Timeseries, indicators ITS_MTV_AX and ITS_MTV_AM, product MACL (SITC 84), via WTO Timeseries API v1 (api.wto.org).